VOORHEES, N.J. — Flyers leading goal scorer Jeff Carter will miss three to four weeks with a broken bone in his left foot.
Carter suffered the injury off a shot from Atlanta’s Clarke MacArthur in the first period of Sunday night’s 3-1 loss to the Thrashers.
When he misses tonight’s game in Ottawa, Carter will end a streak of 286 consecutive games played — the third-longest in team history.
“Jeff’s a tough kid. When he’s able to come back and play, he will,” general manager Paul Holmgren said. “Other guys have to pick up their socks a little bit.”
Carter, who has 33 goals, is hopeful he can be back for the playoffs, which start next month.
Langkow returns to Calgary
CALGARY, Alberta — Flames center Daymond Langkow flew back to Calgary a day after leaving a game on a stretcher against the Wild.
Langkow spent Sunday night in a St. Paul, Minn., hospital after a 4-3 loss to the Wild, undergoing tests after taking a shot off the back of his neck.
“I think anytime you see a player that’s taken off on a stretcher, obviously it plays on your mind,” Flames assistant coach Dave Lowry said.
At 5:20 of the second period, Langkow was checked in front of the Minnesota net by Wild defenseman Greg Zanon. With Langkow’s head down as he fell forward, Calgary defenseman Ian White fired a shot that hit his teammate at the base of the neck in between his shoulder blades.
Langkow, who is out indefinitely, lay motionless on the ice for 10 minutes before being carried off on a stretcher. The Flames later learned Langkow had feeling in all his extremities.
Moen cut on face by skate
MONTREAL — Canadiens left wing Travis Moen was cut on the face by the skate of Ottawa’s Matt Cullen during the second period of Monday night’s game at Bell Centre.
Moen suffered a laceration to his face 10:41 into the second when he was struck there by the blade of Cullen’s skate after the Senators forward was upended along the boards in the left corner of Ottawa’s zone. Moen was trailing blood as he was rushed off the ice by trainer Graham Rynbend. Moen was not expected to need to go to a hospital for further medical attention.
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